WICKEDITY II - An Unforgettable 'Twins Chase' - 6/2019

VOLUME #2

AN EVENT OF OUR LIFETIMES'-COME-TRUE FOR MY WIFEY AND I

The JUNE 8, 2019 storm sequence in western KANSAS was an evening and night to never forget! Yet another, but extraordinary, sequence of storms evolved in the west-central region near Russel Spring; a rather legendary region known for structures of amazing supercells like these.....

My wife Vera and I were front rowwwww, and SE-safe-and-viewing some jaw-dropping atmosphere....with barrages of unbelievable wicked CGs and colors too! And then later on , as what appeared in the darkness of the night, to be a wild but decaying tornadic supercell transitioning into a new developing updraft to it's east. There weren't many flashes during the tornadoes, but just enough lightning lit the scene for me to get a couple rough night images; AND a few of them with my wifey front n center too!

Then as a bonus, following this sequence, yet another huge updraft developed to it's SE (barely east of us). Soon we were also watching them collide! ( I just kept clicking away on the Nikon...... )

THE FOLLOWING TRUE-STORY is a continuation from the "PULL-OVER, I NEED THIS SHOT!'' moment in Volume #1 of WICKEDITY.....

STAGE - 8

IMMORTALIZING MILLISECONDS

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"YEAH, It may have been on the ultra-adrenaline of the moment for that decision; but it was now or never! My wifey pulled us over in those Kansas Prairies as I anticipated our next positioning and settings. These were some of the wildest grandeur of atmospheric physics I'd seen with a Nikon DSLR. It's impossible to duplicate these fury in the Plains! Each are very unique and moments happen in milliseconds." --JP--

WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS NEXT COLLECTION ---->>>

My view just as we come to a stop.....

You can see the different lighting now by looking a bit further into it, vs along it. 2-3 mesos trying to get their acts together out on the horizon.

The lightning barrage was about to get really wild, and dangerous!

And a danger-noodle tube or 2 as well !

WICKEDITY was about to become the next moments of my Lifetime! And my wife had never seen these types of storms before meeting me.

OUR SKIES WERE LADEN, dark and menacing, frothing with energy, and about to light-up with extremely vivid and close-range lightning CGs. Not only that, but tornadogenesis was likely to continue; and more likely to get stronger!

Anticipation was thru the roof - and the adrenaline-o-meter went off-the-charts..... and that's what made situational awareness, even more of a demand at this point.

It was about to get very dangerous, and possibly fast, too. But I have decades of obs to rely on, and a decade documenting some of the strongest storms on Earth.... in the southern Plains. I was confident, bold, hyper-analytical; while overlapped with observational displays of atmospheric sciences and physics.

Numerous decisions were being made, faster than I typed this sentence!

While the tempest doesn't take lunch breaks, I gathered my wits enough to grab a few free-handed brief shots of a jaw-dropping stormscape on the horizon as the night was rolling in as well. Wicked lightning 'Stingers' I call them, started to do their flash dance! And I happened to KNOW a few Nikon settings for them!

After a few moments and clicks, I took a big chance and stepped out the car and set up my tripod, for better imagery. You can see it's pretty much wide-open farther than you can see and flat in all directions. Danger-factor escalating, as the updraft was strengthening......

INbounds were coming in from the south and from over my shoulder, in the east. Atmospheric friction was just about to hit frenzy-levels!

Dream come true Bucketlister moments

in the FRONT ROWWWW!!

Wanna see that one a little closer too?

I always thought this one looks like some kinda eagle bird.....

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WICKEDITY II -- JUNE 8, 2019

WICKEDITY II - An Unforgettable 'Twins Chase' - 6/2019

VOLUME #2

AN EVENT OF OUR LIFETIMES'-COME-TRUE FOR MY WIFEY AND I

The JUNE 8, 2019 storm sequence in western KANSAS was an evening and night to never forget! Yet another, but extraordinary, sequence of storms evolved in the west-central region near Russel Spring; a rather legendary region known for structures of amazing supercells like these.....

Then as a bonus, following this sequence, yet another huge updraft developed to it's SE (barely east of us). Soon we were also watching them collide! ( I just kept clicking away on the Nikon...... )

THE FOLLOWING TRUE-STORY is a continuation from the "PULL-OVER, I NEED THIS SHOT!'' moment in Volume #1 of WICKEDITY.....

STAGE - 8

IMMORTALIZING MILLISECONDS

************************

WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS NEXT COLLECTION ---->>>

My view just as we come to a stop.....

You can see the different lighting now by looking a bit further into it, vs along it. 2-3 mesos trying to get their acts together out on the horizon.

The lightning barrage was about to get really wild, and dangerous!

And a danger-noodle tube or 2 as well !

WICKEDITY was about to become the next moments of my Lifetime! And my wife had never seen these types of storms before meeting me.

OUR SKIES WERE LADEN, dark and menacing, frothing with energy, and about to light-up with extremely vivid and close-range lightning CGs. Not only that, but tornadogenesis was likely to continue; and more likely to get stronger!

Anticipation was thru the roof - and the adrenaline-o-meter went off-the-charts..... and that's what made situational awareness, even more of a demand at this point.

Numerous decisions were being made, faster than I typed this sentence!

After a few moments and clicks, I took a big chance and stepped out the car and set up my tripod, for better imagery. You can see it's pretty much wide-open farther than you can see and flat in all directions. Danger-factor escalating, as the updraft was strengthening......

INbounds were coming in from the south and from over my shoulder, in the east. Atmospheric friction was just about to hit frenzy-levels!

Dream come true Bucketlister moments

in the FRONT ROWWWW!!

Wanna see that one a little closer too?

I always thought this one looks like some kinda eagle bird.....